Current Issue of PD: March 23, 2009
(site updated 3.20.09)
News and Business
Cream demand increasing
Heavy schedules for plants
Moisture causing problems
Culling is at a higher pace
Market reports
In the news
Be proud of dairy science majors
Dairy & weight loss
The crude reality of the milk market
Miracle on the farm
Automation can keep efficiencies in check
Hank Wagner encourages fellow producers to hunt opportunities
Focus on the financial fundamentals
Progressive Events: New York Farm Show
Progressive Events: New Mexico Farm Show
Capture dairy's opportunities
Thinking like a CFO
Change we better believe in
Employee management is crucial
Make money the old-fashioned way: Earn it!
Management improvement is priceless
Protecting your most precious investment: Early detection and proper treatment of dairy calf pneumonias
Experience the challenge
3 Open minutes with Joyce Cacho
The future of your dairy farm business
Lyons honored by Women Business Owners
Functional proteins add value for producers
Founder of Vermeer Corporation passes away at 90
Industry news
Issue Focus: State of the dairy industry
Productive efficiency: More important now than ever
U.S. dairy business – The global connection
Competitive advantage in a changing market
How would you draw the future?
U.S. poised to regain ground in export opportunities
Timely Topic: Hoof health
A closer look at infectious and non-infectious claw lesions
Some change, but real hope for the strategist in tomorrow’s dairy industry
Hoof trimming at Dykstra Dairy
Cow comfort and its impact on behavior and lameness
Dairy hoof health
PD Departments
Editor's notes: Which state do you choose?
Yevet Tenney: First things right
Brad Nelson: Milestones
Mike Gangwer: Reporting from Arlington, Virginia
Baxter Black: Ain’t ranchin’ fun
City boy cartoon
18 Reasons to Read
Crossword puzzle
Analaine's Home Cooking
